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he blamed obama for the anemic recovery and said, "obama's attention has been elsewhere. he was not focused enough on the economy. his attention had been on things like a government takeover of health care and apologizing for america abroad." in our fact check that day, we quoted what obama had said in overseas trips, including an assertion that at times the u.s. had acted contrary to its own ideals or had been selective in where it sought to promote democracy. it had sometimes shown an arrogance toward allies. we pointed out that when he made those kinds of statements that suggested the u.s. is not completely above reproach, he usually balance it with praise for things the country had done right. all that -- that is in a long tradition of presidents acknowledging past imperfections. these cannot by any normal dictionaries amount to apologies. either formal or informal. again, last month, when romney accepted his party's nomination, he repeated the assertion that obama had begun his presidency with an apology tour, and obama had confessed the u.s. had "dictated to other n
he blamed obama for the anemic recovery and said, "obama's attention has been elsewhere. he was not focused enough on the economy. his attention had been on things like a government takeover of health care and apologizing for america abroad." in our fact check that day, we quoted what obama had said in overseas trips, including an assertion that at times the u.s. had acted contrary to its own ideals or had been selective in where it sought to promote democracy. it had sometimes shown...
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i think what president obama did was correct. the european union collectively did the same. i did try to work in the same direction. at that we have done what he had been able to do together in the right direction. the first was tunisia, than he did, and a complicated situation -- then egypt, then it difficult and complicated situation in libya. have we done enough? i think probably not. we have not done enough in helping. when you look at money, this is an important role in these countries in which a lot of the problems are linked to lack of hope for the younger generations, etc. if you look at the amount of money and put it to the value of today, it will be the -- about ten times more than what we have spent in this period of time in the countries of the mediterranean. in 1995, the was an engagement in the european union and the south part of the mediterranean, including also the palestinians and israel. we spent that time a good amount of money but we are not able to do what later on the people of tunisia and cairo need. i think we were not able to get -- to listen to the
i think what president obama did was correct. the european union collectively did the same. i did try to work in the same direction. at that we have done what he had been able to do together in the right direction. the first was tunisia, than he did, and a complicated situation -- then egypt, then it difficult and complicated situation in libya. have we done enough? i think probably not. we have not done enough in helping. when you look at money, this is an important role in these countries in...
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after that, first lady michelle obama campaigns in wisconsin. tomorrow on "washington journal," wall street journal correspondent jess bravin preview some of the cases that will be heard in this term of the supreme court. gary johnson take your calls and questions, and former assistant transportation secretary looks at the 2013 budget request for the federal transit authority and how that money is allocated. "washington journal," live 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. the british house of commons is in recess, so in place the prime minister's questions, deputy prime minister and liberal democrat nick clegg spoke at his party's annual conference. the liberal democrats formed a coalition for the conservatives after being -- after the may 2010 election when no party won an overall majority in the house of commons. a few days ago, he apologized for breaking his party's election pledge to vote against any rise in university tuition fees. in his speech, he addresses other criticisms from some liberal democrats and outlines his vision for the future up to a
after that, first lady michelle obama campaigns in wisconsin. tomorrow on "washington journal," wall street journal correspondent jess bravin preview some of the cases that will be heard in this term of the supreme court. gary johnson take your calls and questions, and former assistant transportation secretary looks at the 2013 budget request for the federal transit authority and how that money is allocated. "washington journal," live 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. the british...
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. >> obama and romney meet in their first debate. watch and engage with c-span with a live debate preview, followed by two ways to watch the debate. both candidates on screen, and on c-span 2, the multi-camera version. follow our live coverage on c- span, c-span radio, and online at c-span.org. >> egypt's new president, muhammed morsi delivered his first speech at the general assembly. he is the first democratically elected leader following the arab spring. he called on the international community to support palestine like they've supported other countries. this is about 45 minutes.
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it is fundamentally different from the approach of president obama. i think health care reform should expand markets, expand competition and empower consumers and patients and disempower government bureaucrats from second- guessing the decisions that are made between a patient and a doctor. what does that mean specifically? the three reforms a think would be most important would be, number one, allowing people to purchase health insurance across state lines. why is that? because that would create a true 50-state national market for low-cost catastrophic health care. part of the problem, every time politicians say that every health plan must include the following bills and whistles and they give away all the stuff, it has the inevitable effect of driving the cost of health insurance for everybody. and one of the biggest reasons so many people in texas and nationally don't have health insurance is because it is so expensive. if we had a 250-state national market with low-cost catastrophic care, that would expand access. chris so buying across state line
it is fundamentally different from the approach of president obama. i think health care reform should expand markets, expand competition and empower consumers and patients and disempower government bureaucrats from second- guessing the decisions that are made between a patient and a doctor. what does that mean specifically? the three reforms a think would be most important would be, number one, allowing people to purchase health insurance across state lines. why is that? because that would...
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if what i think is going to happen happens and president obama wins, i think that too will break the logjam for a different reason. as senator mcconnell says their number one goal for the last four years has been denying him a second term. as soon as he gets that, they can't deny him a third term. he can't have one anyway. so i think you will see, i will just make a prediction. i think in the lame duck session they will avoid the fiscal cliff, they will reach an agreement-- . >> rose: by extending it, by some kind of an extension or by making a deal. >> they'll either make a deal or they will have a short extension which makes it clear this is not another year, i predict that you will get a budget deal early next year f not in this lame duck session. and i think you'll see them start to work together. it is going to be a different world. >> rose:ecause the electn wi hav that kind of consequence. >> absolutely. >> one of romney's top foreign policy advisors said the other day that obama has made the united states look impo nent the world. dot facts bear that out. >> i disagree with th
if what i think is going to happen happens and president obama wins, i think that too will break the logjam for a different reason. as senator mcconnell says their number one goal for the last four years has been denying him a second term. as soon as he gets that, they can't deny him a third term. he can't have one anyway. so i think you will see, i will just make a prediction. i think in the lame duck session they will avoid the fiscal cliff, they will reach an agreement-- . >> rose: by...
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american prison there have been repeated calls for the notorious facility to be shut down but barack obama promising to close it during his initial election campaign still there one hundred sixty seven detainees remain holed up in that facility. somalia's al qaeda linked militants have been driven out of their last stronghold the operation came after african union troops shelled the city and attacked the port. of insurgence lost control of the capital mogadishu last year. it was the last port they controlled. now as the internet becomes more readily available across the arab world it's giving rise to a generation of hackers eager to break free of government censorship with the help of cyber weapons but as artie's polis leah reports some activists could end up being used by the earth already is to pull the strings and promote their own agendas. each day across the world millions of fingers fly across keyboards with the power to break through some of the toughest security fire walls this is the most powerful weapon streams of darter flashing across the computer screens of the world in the bl
american prison there have been repeated calls for the notorious facility to be shut down but barack obama promising to close it during his initial election campaign still there one hundred sixty seven detainees remain holed up in that facility. somalia's al qaeda linked militants have been driven out of their last stronghold the operation came after african union troops shelled the city and attacked the port. of insurgence lost control of the capital mogadishu last year. it was the last port...
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president barack obama first call for. president bashar al assad to step down and then his sentiments were echoed by britain and by france just as the u.s. he says stood by supported and helped liberate the people in libya he would like to see the same thing done in syria but on the other hand you have many other countries such as russia china brazil and so on and so forth saying that there can't be any outside intervention into what's taking place in syria this is a crisis that needs to be decided and it between the parties between the syrian government and the opposition but as as we've been reporting for the past. everybody's talking about the crisis in syria by not clear how to exactly solve it and international law professor daoud caroline says that syrians would never inflict such vicious destruction on their homeland and the fact that foreign fighters are involved in the war runs against the un charter. if we are to believe the report of the. b n d a most respectable european it's a german. intelligence service one
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question the europeans can save themselves if they so choose ok we're talking about saving countries obama reelection definitely yeah sure ok where is russia's position in this volatile old place it's always been it is a major developing economy it's halfway between asia and europe it grows much faster than belgium much lower than china yeah the story is unchanged it continues to grow and develop it's being slowed down by the problems but that's all that's just having to wait a month point of using. bad idea quantitative easing probably necessary but you're going to have to get off it at some point ok and the attractiveness last question the attractiveness of emerging markets is. terrible except that they're better than any other markets out there worth being rebuilt and they were emerging markets are taking their rightful place and people have to wake up to that ok now we're also joined by simon fenton fletcher he's a portfolio manager with renaissance asset management before we go to my two other guests here let's take a look at russia's turn to the east.
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american prison there have been calls repeated calls for the notorious facility to be shut down but barack obama promising to close it during his initial election campaign one hundred sixty seven detainees remain at incivility. here with r.t. and in just a few moments the darkest secrets of the world's financial power players are revealed in the kaiser report. in this remote siberians in which people still sing the songs which russians sang in the middle ages and they cherish the nation practice that our church before the seventeenth century the old believers here is signed area our conservative community they're known as the simi skia a word which refers to family. the day believe me there yet i feel. i know i'm the first to tell you that. i. people here are happy to show their way of life to tourists and to show them how to dance in the local star. use of prayer and the girl needs to watch her legs don't go up too much during the dance she must be a modest. seventeen year old nanda is from the same village she now studies in the city and dances at a club. she puts on her costume and the tradit
american prison there have been calls repeated calls for the notorious facility to be shut down but barack obama promising to close it during his initial election campaign one hundred sixty seven detainees remain at incivility. here with r.t. and in just a few moments the darkest secrets of the world's financial power players are revealed in the kaiser report. in this remote siberians in which people still sing the songs which russians sang in the middle ages and they cherish the nation...
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president obama makes another attempt to distance the u.s. from the controversial video which are drage the muslim world as he takes center stage at the u.n. general assembly. plus a water gun games of four adults japan plays battleship before real repelling taiwanese vessels from the disputed islands with water cannons. it's eleven pm here in moscow you're watching r t with us yeah i'm to bang with say first scenes have turned ugly in madrid with riot police charging out of their forty five positions around the spanish parliament and plowing into a vast crowd of protesters flocking to the capital from across spain tens of thousands of demonstrators have joined a rally to express their anger with the government arches jacob reeves who'll be joining us again in about fifteen minutes has this report. that we saw the front lawn of the demonstrators clashing with police of injuries and. numbers had to fall its way through this a mass crowd is also being taken away on a stretcher those are stupid. taxes police all checks as well and really we got
president obama makes another attempt to distance the u.s. from the controversial video which are drage the muslim world as he takes center stage at the u.n. general assembly. plus a water gun games of four adults japan plays battleship before real repelling taiwanese vessels from the disputed islands with water cannons. it's eleven pm here in moscow you're watching r t with us yeah i'm to bang with say first scenes have turned ugly in madrid with riot police charging out of their forty five...
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president barack obama he believes that it's. extremists that are co-opting the anger that is the frustrations that is being shown towards the u.s. and that is what's inciting more of this anti-american sentiment but it's interesting to point out that president obama in his speech was talking about how the u.s. has helped or supported many countries such as tunisia egypt libya and yemen supported the rights of the people that's what he said but the irony is that we've seen these things and time merican demonstrations taking place in those countries so the matter is this just about a video or is this about u.s. foreign policy the u.s. president didn't get into that matter but he did talk a lot about this video and he said those that are responsible for the attacks that happened in benghazi that led to the killing of four americans he said that the u.s. will find those people. in new york thank you very much. right now more perspective now on president obama's speech at the subtext with journalists and antiwar activist don de bar m
president barack obama he believes that it's. extremists that are co-opting the anger that is the frustrations that is being shown towards the u.s. and that is what's inciting more of this anti-american sentiment but it's interesting to point out that president obama in his speech was talking about how the u.s. has helped or supported many countries such as tunisia egypt libya and yemen supported the rights of the people that's what he said but the irony is that we've seen these things and time...
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president barack obama first call for. president bashar al assad to step down and his sentiments were echoed by britain and by france just as the u.s. he says stood by supported and helped liberate the people in libya he would like to see the same thing done in syria but on the other hand you have many other countries such as russia china brazil and so on and so forth saying that there can't be any outside intervention into what's taking place in syria this is a crisis that needs to be decided and it between the parties between the syrian government and the opposition but as as we've been reporting for the past. everybody's talking about the crisis in syria but not clear how to exactly solve it . overshadowed by the syrian conflict bahrain's rulers are taking an increasingly tough stance with pro-democracy protesters and the reason i don't bring five medics have been arrested a day out of they and four other doctors lawyers the final appeal of a jail time is for participating in the rallies that's still ahead for you. but
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reasons but said the country's main stockpile remains untapped and under government control president obama said the threat of chemical weapons could be a red line for the u.s. to act in syria this is washington pledged additional multimillion dollar aid to the syrian opposition to help fight against us political analyst says u.s. intentions in the region driving syria further for a peaceful solution. well it's a standard policy of the u.s. government it is it is designed to oust rulers of regimes that are independent of what might be called the us military empire and replace them with pro-u.s. rulers so we have the dichotomy of supporting dictators in country that are loyal to the us government and trying to oust dictators that are not loyal to the us government the u.s. is committed to the ouster of the assad regime and whenever you hear the united nations it is just designed for the american taxpayer the american voter create the appearance that the u.s. is interested in spreading democracy and freedom when in fact it has a long history of supporting dictatorial regimes in saudi arabia e
reasons but said the country's main stockpile remains untapped and under government control president obama said the threat of chemical weapons could be a red line for the u.s. to act in syria this is washington pledged additional multimillion dollar aid to the syrian opposition to help fight against us political analyst says u.s. intentions in the region driving syria further for a peaceful solution. well it's a standard policy of the u.s. government it is it is designed to oust rulers of...
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obama and mccain were tied four years ago. obama has a better shot. we do not have national elections. we have state elections and that changes the polls. it depends on who is doing the polling. "the washington post" gave obama the lead among registered voters. polls measured enthusiasm. romney people have been much more enthusiastic. you now see enthusiasm among obama supporters. host: this is the headline from "usa today." why is ohio so important? guest: no republican has ever been elected without carrying ohio. every republican that lost ohio has lost the general election. host: how is it looking for each candidate in ohio? guest: one poll showed obama was winning in ohio by a substantial amount. it's like ability was higher in ohio. so far obama is doing very well. is "national journal." host: what do you make of that? guest: people are on the air early and you're spending a lot of money early. you can hold back your money. obama ran all those ads last month. that money is going into getting these people out to the polls. host: back to florida, a
obama and mccain were tied four years ago. obama has a better shot. we do not have national elections. we have state elections and that changes the polls. it depends on who is doing the polling. "the washington post" gave obama the lead among registered voters. polls measured enthusiasm. romney people have been much more enthusiastic. you now see enthusiasm among obama supporters. host: this is the headline from "usa today." why is ohio so important? guest: no republican has...
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it is fundamentally different from the approach of president obama. i think health care reform should expand markets, expand competition and empower consums and patients and disempower government bureaucrats from second- guessing the decisions that are made between a patient and a doctor. what does at mean specifically? the three reforms a think would be most important would be, number one, allowing people to purchase health insurance across state lines. why is that? because that would create a true 50-state national market for low-cost catastrophic health care. part of the problem, evertime politicians say that every health plan must include the following bills and whistles and they give away all the stuff, it has the inevitable effect of driving the cost of health insurance for everybody. and one of the biggest reasons so many people in texas and nationally don't have health insurance is because it is so expensive. if we had a 250-state national market with low-cost catastrophic care, that would expand access. chris so buying across state lines woul
it is fundamentally different from the approach of president obama. i think health care reform should expand markets, expand competition and empower consums and patients and disempower government bureaucrats from second- guessing the decisions that are made between a patient and a doctor. what does at mean specifically? the three reforms a think would be most important would be, number one, allowing people to purchase health insurance across state lines. why is that? because that would create a...
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president barack obama first call for. president bashar al assad to step down and then his sentiments were echoed by britain and by france just as the u.s. he says stood by supported and helped liberate the people in libya he would like to see the same thing done in syria but on the other hand you have many other countries such as russia china brazil and so on and so forth saying that there can't be any outside intervention into what's taking place in syria this is a crisis that needs to be decided and it between the parties between the syrian government and the opposition but as we've been reporting for the past week everybody's talking about the crisis in syria but not clear how to exactly solve it . damascus says the in lines share of those flying as syrian rebels are foreign mercenaries some reports even put the number at over ninety percent beirut based political analyst roula palomas says this is also clear from the videos opposition fighters posted online. all the you tube. videos taken by by the rebels themselves t
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president barack obama gave an interview in which he said egypt is not an ally of the u.s. but it's also not an enemy of the egyptian president and his u.s. counterpart have not scheduled any bilateral meetings during this u.n.g.a. debate thank you for that. in new york. now we're also you can watch all the addresses of the un general assembly for yourself you can find them live feeds on our website at r.t. dot com right now david cameron is addressing the assembly and speaking more on syria to carrying the blood of young children is a terrible stain stain on his reputation he also spoke about speaking addressing the general assembly about iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad and his rhetorical . call for more on that you can watch that on our website at our dot com. now the words peace love and justice where used by after extensively but no matter how softer the rhetorical iran's rivals will always find reason for confrontation that's the view of jamelle the policy director of the national iranian american council. i'm not sure what the strategic thinking was in deliverin
president barack obama gave an interview in which he said egypt is not an ally of the u.s. but it's also not an enemy of the egyptian president and his u.s. counterpart have not scheduled any bilateral meetings during this u.n.g.a. debate thank you for that. in new york. now we're also you can watch all the addresses of the un general assembly for yourself you can find them live feeds on our website at r.t. dot com right now david cameron is addressing the assembly and speaking more on syria to...
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>> president obama has a board of an trillion region has a $4 trillion plan -- president obama has a $4 trillion plan of action bringdown the debt to gdp ratio. it is complete itemized in contrast to mitt romney he will not tell us a single thing. >> you made the point that you use 86 as an example. in other words, the governor thinks he can reduce the deficit without raising taxes. simpson-bowles says no. both say the cannot limit the tax increases to the top 2%. question to each of you. why, how is it that governor romney things he can bring the deficit down and not raise taxes and still do spending cuts that are safe for the economy and be politically acceptable? jeff,>> everett latinos that the problem is spending, -- everybody knows that the problem is spending, that if you look at a long-term cbo forecasts, revenue-to-gdp ends up higher than in the post world war ii. . if you want to get ahead of the curve, you have to go after spending. the governor cost proposal is what he would do the spending. matt jensen and i have a paper on fiscal consolidation that looks at the countrie
>> president obama has a board of an trillion region has a $4 trillion plan -- president obama has a $4 trillion plan of action bringdown the debt to gdp ratio. it is complete itemized in contrast to mitt romney he will not tell us a single thing. >> you made the point that you use 86 as an example. in other words, the governor thinks he can reduce the deficit without raising taxes. simpson-bowles says no. both say the cannot limit the tax increases to the top 2%. question to each...
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president obama spoke on monday. it will be the president of libya today making remarks at 5:00 p.m. eastern. tonight we have more campaign 2012 coverage with the nevada senate debate. and democratic congresswoman berkeley. but consider this to be one of the closest races. that is tonight at 11:00 p.m. eastern. and on c-span radio and c- span.org. >> to foster work and enterprise in the middle east, and other developing countries, i will initiate something i will call prosperity packs, working with the private sector. the program will identify the barriers to investment and trade ind entrepreneurship an developing nations. in exchange from developing nations will receive united states assistance packages focused on developing the institutions of liberty, the rule of law and property rights. >> we believe that freedom and self-determination are not unique to one culture. isn't that simply american values or western values? they are universal values. and even as there will be huge challenges to come, i am convinced tha
president obama spoke on monday. it will be the president of libya today making remarks at 5:00 p.m. eastern. tonight we have more campaign 2012 coverage with the nevada senate debate. and democratic congresswoman berkeley. but consider this to be one of the closest races. that is tonight at 11:00 p.m. eastern. and on c-span radio and c- span.org. >> to foster work and enterprise in the middle east, and other developing countries, i will initiate something i will call prosperity packs,...
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said they would not be genetic action until a new administration comes in, either romney or barack obama in the second term. secondly, the administration has been certainly cautious about a sort of intervention, military intervention in syria. libya and syria are apples and oranges that they are quite different. libya was isolated regionally and internationally in a way that syria is not. it has the support of her rant, support russia as well as other countries that complicate the regional level and international level. finally, there've been calls to record the safe havens. i'm not a military expert, but everyone i console say that requires a no-fly zone. syria has mr. advanced and sophisticated system provided by the russians that libya did not have. there'll be much more difficult and dangerous for an assertive u.s. coalition coalition to go when in terms of military intervention to create safe havens, establish no-fly zones. even in libya it was nec and syria again is just a much more difficult situation militarily. >> host: the title of your book, "syria: the fall of the house of as
said they would not be genetic action until a new administration comes in, either romney or barack obama in the second term. secondly, the administration has been certainly cautious about a sort of intervention, military intervention in syria. libya and syria are apples and oranges that they are quite different. libya was isolated regionally and internationally in a way that syria is not. it has the support of her rant, support russia as well as other countries that complicate the regional...
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we cannot afford four more years of barack obama. we're not going to have four more years of barack obama. >> the road to the white house runs through ohio, that's why the candidates have made more than 30 visits here already. the fact is that in this huge country, the election will be decided in just a few places like this. this is the most expensive presidential race ever. the two parties have already spent more than $1 billion in all, much of it focused on just eight of america's 50 states. over a third of the money has been spent on political adverts aimed at swaying undecided voters, roughly a million people, around 3% of those who plan to vote. >> maybe instead of attacking others on taxes, romney should come clean on his. >> trying to reach these vital voters, the two campaigns have spent $116 million on tv ads in ohio alone, most attacking their opponent. >> fewer americans are working today than when president obama took office. >> but if the air war is important, the ground war could be important. an emotional opening of th
we cannot afford four more years of barack obama. we're not going to have four more years of barack obama. >> the road to the white house runs through ohio, that's why the candidates have made more than 30 visits here already. the fact is that in this huge country, the election will be decided in just a few places like this. this is the most expensive presidential race ever. the two parties have already spent more than $1 billion in all, much of it focused on just eight of america's 50...
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ambassador for india under the obama administration. it is a very robust defense of america's constitutional rights. how do you think it goes across the muslim world in the wake of this controversial one? >> he tried to do three things and i thought he was very effective. first, he talked about a very strong case for u.s. leadership in the world. he condemned the violence and also made the case for free speech and what that means in the world. secondly, he talked about the advancement of democracy. how that is founded on principles. and thirdly, i thought he talked very effectively to a domestic audience, a litany of achievements that he has obtained in his foreign policy, thereby strengthening his record there. contrasting what governor romney might do or what he might not do. >> as a candidate in the days of the berlin speech, he talked about the need to tear down the wall between christians and jews and muslims. but that was as high as ever. >> as ambassador to india for a few years, you see a lot of good things in the world. the amb
ambassador for india under the obama administration. it is a very robust defense of america's constitutional rights. how do you think it goes across the muslim world in the wake of this controversial one? >> he tried to do three things and i thought he was very effective. first, he talked about a very strong case for u.s. leadership in the world. he condemned the violence and also made the case for free speech and what that means in the world. secondly, he talked about the advancement of...
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we will hear from obama. initially, we saw this in the polls, this has resonated, their traditional scare seniors about medicare tactics. that has been working really well. so i think obama will bring that up. one thing we will hear is the phrase that romney would end medicare's guarantee, which is a phrase the democrats have liked to use recently. we have raided that half-true for two reasons. one, it is not like it really has a guarantee now. congress can change the medicare benefits any time it wants to. it frequently has. now, romney would change the structure in which people would pay for medicare. it would go from being -- it would turn into the essentially a voucher plan. in that sense, we found some truth and rape -- rated as half- truth. >> thank you, bill. our next prediction from glenn kessler, checker of facts, a worker of pinocchios -- awarder of pinocchios. what will we see? >> i have two. they both deal with medicare. one thing i always say, the more complicated a subject is, the more susceptib
we will hear from obama. initially, we saw this in the polls, this has resonated, their traditional scare seniors about medicare tactics. that has been working really well. so i think obama will bring that up. one thing we will hear is the phrase that romney would end medicare's guarantee, which is a phrase the democrats have liked to use recently. we have raided that half-true for two reasons. one, it is not like it really has a guarantee now. congress can change the medicare benefits any time...
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obama also stressed that chinese ally iran must not be allowed to create nuclear weapons. that is a position that germany shares. >> on the one hand, we are ready for in-debt discussions and negotiations, but on the other hand, we need to toughen sanctions. >> germany's foreign minister spoke of a word in -- world in turmoil. obama stressed many countries had made progress but that recent troubles in the muslim world demonstrated the hard task of achieving true democracy. >> i have been talking to our correspondent, who is covering the general assembly's opening for us, and i began by asking if there were any surprises in president obama's speech. >> well, he touched upon the topics we all expected him to touch upon -- syria, iran. we saw that in the report, but what was surprising was that he spent so little time on them. he spent the majority of his speaking time talking basically about american values, defending his foreign policy, explaining why it is possible that america could have a video, like the basic -- basically infamous video that caused all the turmoil in the
obama also stressed that chinese ally iran must not be allowed to create nuclear weapons. that is a position that germany shares. >> on the one hand, we are ready for in-debt discussions and negotiations, but on the other hand, we need to toughen sanctions. >> germany's foreign minister spoke of a word in -- world in turmoil. obama stressed many countries had made progress but that recent troubles in the muslim world demonstrated the hard task of achieving true democracy. >> i...
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obama smile. it's the best picture they can find. then right below it, there will be a picture of romney sneering, angry, like he is yelling at the crown. in fact, there are thousands of pictures available of romney available with a beautiful smile on his face and looking positive and have me. they refuse to print those pictures. it is for people who do not read and just look at the pictures. that is one thing that the media will do in newspapers. they do it all the time. they will find every glowing picture possible of hillary clinton that they can find. host: kevin, we will leave it there. beverly in missouri, on the democratic line. caller: good morning, peter. host: how are you? caller: i'm fine. you remind me of richard gere. [laughter] host: used to say i look like lance armstrong. i will take that one, too. caller: i mean in the way you dress. host: that was a little before my time. caller: you should watch it. beverly, what the think about media coverage of the campaign? caller: i think th
obama smile. it's the best picture they can find. then right below it, there will be a picture of romney sneering, angry, like he is yelling at the crown. in fact, there are thousands of pictures available of romney available with a beautiful smile on his face and looking positive and have me. they refuse to print those pictures. it is for people who do not read and just look at the pictures. that is one thing that the media will do in newspapers. they do it all the time. they will find every...
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who do you prefer to win that election, romney or obama? the reason i ask you is mitt romney has been much more aggressive in the language he has used against your country than barack obama has. >> translator: i do respect the right to free elections for the people of the united states. this is the right of the people of the united states. >> were you happy with what mitt romney said about iran? >> translator: i said that i really don't want to express any opinions, but i do believe that uni lateral behaviors and bullying behaviors in the world are coming to an end. everyone in the world must seek friendship, humanity, human values and logic. and this is something that will govern the world. >>> president ahmadinejad claims there are no homosexuals in iran. when we come back, you'll hear what he told me when i asked if he believes people are born gay. mr. margin? don't be modest, bob. you found a better way to pack a bowling ball. that was ups. and who called ups? you did, bob. i just asked a question. it takes a long time to pack a bowling
who do you prefer to win that election, romney or obama? the reason i ask you is mitt romney has been much more aggressive in the language he has used against your country than barack obama has. >> translator: i do respect the right to free elections for the people of the united states. this is the right of the people of the united states. >> were you happy with what mitt romney said about iran? >> translator: i said that i really don't want to express any opinions, but i do...
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rs on the instruction of president obama? >> translator: i would have been happier to see a transparent trial, a formal trial, and find out the root kaucauses of all o the events of the last few years. >> you have been reported as saying that you believe it is possible that the american government were partly responsible for the events of 9/11. that caused a huge outrage. do you stand by that position? >> translator: of course the whole stake inside the united states showed that over 75% of the united states population are still somewhat nebulous about the real reasons of that eventor of those events. what i said were a number of questions. an event has occur red. due to that, two countries have been occupied. and the conflict still continues. every day hundreds of people in afghanistan, pakistan and iraq are killed. would it not have been better to have a more precise analysis and find out the true in-depth reason of the events of september 11th, make those findings transparent to the populations and the nations across the w
rs on the instruction of president obama? >> translator: i would have been happier to see a transparent trial, a formal trial, and find out the root kaucauses of all o the events of the last few years. >> you have been reported as saying that you believe it is possible that the american government were partly responsible for the events of 9/11. that caused a huge outrage. do you stand by that position? >> translator: of course the whole stake inside the united states showed...